we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
joe, in our final thoughts, what are you looking at this week? our friend chris who was with us is leaving cnn. and i saw a beautiful tweet thread, who talks about how he s never met chris and chris butted heads at cnn, but as kurt said, anybody will tell you. tom brady, anybody that succeeds will tell you that you learn the most when you fail. our friend chris has learned a lot over the past year. he apologized on monday for that. and chris has learned so much. and anybody that bets against him, you re going to lose. chris licht will be back. we re thinking about him today.